UPD Department of European Languages

🎉November is here and so is a new edition of “Latinoamérica in UP.” November is Colombian🇨🇴 Month, full of surprises for you to enjoy💛.

Are you ready for the fourth stop in our journey through Latin America?

We're thrilled to invite you to several events in cooperation with the Embajada de Colombia en Filipinas - Embassy of Colombia to the Philippines.

1️⃣ Guest lecturer Leonardo Rodríguez will be giving a talk on Colombian literature.
📆Date and time: November 12, 2.30pm.
📍 Venue: CAL AVR, Pavilion 1, Palma Hall.

2️⃣ A lecture-workshop on the Colombian harp will be offered to everybody who wants to learn more about Colombian musical instruments🎶.
📆Date and time: November 22, 1pm.
📍 Venue: Minihall, UP College of Music.

🎊We are also going to have A CONCERT by harpist Wuilmer López🎉.
📆 Date and time: November 22, 6pm.
📍 Venue: Minihall, UP College of Music.

3️⃣ We will watch a Colombian movie in Spanish with English subtitles to learn more about Colombian cinema🎬.
📆Date and time: November 28, 2.30pm.
📍 Venue: CAL AVR, Pavilion 1, Palma Hall.

Get ready, save the dates and don't miss this chance to immerse yourself in Colombian culture🇨🇴🌎¡Hasta pronto!

📢 Event Alert 📢

The UPD Department of European Languages (DEL) cordially invites you to the CAL Bahaginan Forum on November 18, 2024 (Monday). This forum features research works from faculty members of the DEL which study the intersection of migration research with linguistic, literary, cultural and translation studies.

Theme: Migrations and Mobilities in Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Date and Time: Monday, 18 November 2024, 2:30-4:30 PM
Venue: CAL AVR

Featuring talks from the following speakers:
- Asst. Prof. Jeff Roxas, Autoethnography in Migration Research: The Case of 𝐵𝑎𝑘𝑙𝑎 Migrants in Spain
- Dr. Marlon James Sales, Translation, Repatriation, and the Displaced Archive: The Migrancy of Documentary Heritage
- Asst. Prof. Frances Cruz, Digital Migrations of Othering
- Asst. Prof. Kristine Cabling, Designing Instruments for Studies on Refusal of Working-class Migrants

Registration link here: https://tinyurl.com/CAL-DELBahaginanForum

See you there!

The Department of European Languages participates in the annual Trick or Treat for the kids of CAL personnel with an ofrenda dedicated to the memory of our departed colleagues in DEL.

Inspired by the Mexican tradition of the Día de Mu***os, DEL has set up a seven-layer ofrenda adorned with paper cempasúchil flowers, papel picado, fruits, pumpkins, bottles of liquor, soda and juices, biscuits, chocolates and candies, and white candles, and perfumed with Mexican copal incense.

We want to celebrate the lives of those who have gone before us, thankful for what they have shared with us during their time in DEL.

SET Answering for First Semester AY 2024-2025

Please note that the Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) Answering Module in the Computerized Registration System (CRS) will be open from November 11 to December 9, 2024 only. This applies to all units except the MBA and MS Finance programs of the Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business, the Master of Management (MM), and Master in Governance and Innovative Leadership (MGIL) programs of UPDEPP/O, PM-TMEM, and UPSA.

Students may accomplish the SET by logging into their CRS accounts and clicking on the “SET Answering Module.” Those who fail to answer the SET will be tagged as "low priority" in the next term's pre-enlistment, while the students in the MBA calendar who fail to answer the SET will be delayed for 1 hour in the next term's real-time enlistment.

Note that the evaluation of the teaching performance of teaching fellows and teaching associates (TFs/TAs) should also be conducted during the period stated above via CRS (if available).

For TFs and TAs who are not included in the CRS, kindly accomplish this Qualtrics Form during the same period: https://upsystemdiliman.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9SSuOnEcUpDObau

For assistance with online evaluation of TFs/TAs, kindly email the Office for the Advancement of Teaching at [email protected].

The results of the SET for First Semester AY 2024 - 2025 will be used for developmental purposes (e.g., improving online/remote teaching and learning) and for decision-making purposes (e.g., faculty promotions, awards, tenure, and appointments.)

We request all units to inform their faculty members regarding the online SET, and the faculty members, in turn, to actively encourage their students (both undergraduate and graduate) to accomplish the SET carefully and regularly.

Kindly cascade the information to your faculty and students.

Mga Iskolar ng Bayan, this October 29 to 30, exercise your right to vote!

🗳 October 29 simula ⏰️ 8 NU hanggang ⏰️ 5 NH ng October 30

Go to halalan.upd.edu.ph, and log in using your UP mail.

KAHIT NASAAN PWEDE KANG BUMOTO 🥰

Makialam. Makibahagi. Bumoto.

Notice of class and work suspension on Thursday, 31 October, from 12 noon onwards.

From the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐌 𝐂𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐍𝐎. 𝟔𝟕, 𝐬. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

In order to provide government employees full opportunity to properly observe traditional AIl Saints' Day and All Souls' Day activities, allow them to travel to and from different regions in the country, and promote domestic tourism, work in government offices and classes at all levels shall be suspended on 31 October 2024 starting 12:00 p.m.

However, those agencies whose functions involve the delivery of basic and health services, preparedness/response to disasters and calamities, and/or the performance of other vital services shall continue their operations and render the necessary services.

The suspension of work for private companies and offices is left to the discretion of their respective heads.

This Circular shall take effect immediately.

Visit the Official Gazette website: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/Fae80P https://www.facebook.com/share/5L3KA5U1C2eTXwQL/?mibextid=WC7FNe

🙏 It’s Día de Mu***os all over again. 🙏

This year, we’ve put up a traditional ofrenda to honor the memory of our dearly departed academic and non-academic colleagues ❤️ in the Department of European Languages.

Special thanks to DEL students Juliane Tobawon, Chan Samia and Pete Laput for helping us create the paper cempasúchil flowers on our ofrenda! We also thank Mau and Kuya Gerald for hanging the papel picado. Marlon Sales, Anna Sarmiento, and Jeff Roxas of the Spanish section set up the ofrenda. Erwin Bautista provided many of the pics.

Our ofrenda will be on display until the 31st of October, in time for the Trick or Treat 🎃 for the kids of CAL personnel. We’ll place additional items on the ofrenda every day this week. Do swing by to say hello!

Mga Iskolar ng Bayan, dumalo at magpadalo sa gaganaping 2024 USC Special Elections Miting De Avance bukas, ika-28 ng Oktubre, 4pm!

Kitakits sa Vinzons-SUB Complex!

Makialam. Makibahagi. Bumoto.

What does it mean to q***r and to decolonize learning spaces? Asst. Prof. Jeff Roxas shared their insights and stories of teaching Spanish at the 2024 Philippine Q***r Studies Conference with their presentation "Teaching Spanish in the Philippines: A Q***r-Decolonial Pedagogy," held from October 25-27 at UP Diliman - School of Statistics.

Their research was part of the session focused on gender-inclusive and q***r-affirming pedagogies in Philippine arts, languages, and literature, joining forces with fellow professors from the College of Arts and Letters.

Announcement

Due to work cancellations, we are extending the deadline of registration for the Language Proficiency Exam.

We at the Department of European Languages would like to express our most profound gratitude to everyone who made the VI Jornadas de ELE Manila these past two days happen despite the circumstances.

We are first and foremost indebted to the staff of the UP College of Arts and Letters, IBG-KAL, GG, and UFS for being on hand despite work suspensions for three straight days. Sa bawat agam-agam. you readily reassured us na "kaya po 'yang gawan ng paraan." And you did! Special mention to Jena, Glenn, and Mau, our DEL office staff members, for all the help!

Secondly, to our speakers and participants: ¡muchísimas gracias por estar con nosotros tanto en persona como en línea! Thank you for braving the weather. Thank you for enduring turbulence on the plane, painful detours, layovers, flooded streets… It was heartwarming to see everyone online and onsite!

Our deepest gratitude also goes to DEL Chair Asst. Prof. Nina Agcaoili, and to CAL Dean Prof. Dr. Jimmuel Naval, for supporting us since Day One. Thank you for making many, many things possible for these Jornadas.

We are also extremely grateful for the ACERCA Program of the Embajada de España, through the efforts of de Educación and the indefatigable Beatriz Jimeno. We deeply appreciate you.

Our heartfelt thanks to the de Colombia en Filipinas, Embamex Filipinas, Argentina en Filipinas, for their support and presence. To UP Círculo Hispánico, mil gracias for lending us a hand and for accompanying us the past three days. To the organizations and publishing houses who contributed to the success of the Jornadas.

Last but not least, a huge thank you to our partners, DepEd Philippines, Modern Languages Department, and Department of Modern Languages, for all the invisible yet essential work needed to be done.

¡Muchísimas gracias a todos de todo corazón y nos vemos en las VII Jornadas el próximo año! 🫶🏽

¡Nos vemos mañana en el segundo día de las jornadas!

¡Nos vemos hoy en el primer día de las jornadas!

Las VI JORNADAS DE ELE MANILA 2024 siguen en marcha hoy y mañana. Entendemos que la condición meteorológica puede afectar al desplazamiento de varios asistentes a nuestro campus en Dilimán. Queremos verlos a todos en persona pero su bienestar es nuestra prioridad.

Todos los asistentes inscritos recibirán instrucciones en su email para poder participar en línea si así lo desean. Para aquellos que sí podrán venir al campus, los esperamos encantados en la Giménez Gallery esta mañana.

¡Nos vemos pronto!

UPDATE (24/10, 9:30 PM): The VI ELE Manila Conference 2024 starts tomorrow. While we are delighted to push through and to see you all in person despite the typhoon, we acknowledge that the situation makes it difficult for some of you to attend in person. Your safety is our utmost priority. If there are any changes, we will update you as soon as we can. Stay safe and see you!

Únete a la conversación con las profesoras Alma Sy y Jessy Saulo y el profesor Denzel Sarmiento de Saint Poveda College y la profesora Carmela Sagritalo de Domuschola International School mientras comparten sus experiencias como
docentes de lengua española en los centros educativos en Filipinas.

Esta conversación, con otras presentaciones interesantes, forma parte de las VI Jornadas de ELE Manila, una conferencia de la enseñanza del español en Filipinas con el tema de este año: Gramática en la clase de ELE. Ven a acompañarnos mañana el 25 y el 26 de octubre en UP Diliman. ¡No te lo pierdas!

¡Nos vemos mañana!

Join the conversation of Teachers Alma Sy, Jessy Saulo and Denzel Sarmiento from Saint Poveda College and Teacher Carmela Sagritalo from Domuschola International School as they share their experiences as Spanish language teachers in educational institutions in the Philippines

This discussion, alongside many interesting presentations, is part of the VI Jornadas de ELE Manila, a conference on teaching Spanish in the Philippines with this year’s theme: Gramática en la clase de ELE. Come join tomorrow, 25th, and on the 26th of October in UP Diliman. Don’t miss it!